divine right of kings

1. 1.

   the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst of political crimes

   “the doctrine of the divine right of kings was enunciated by the Stuarts in Britain in the 16th century”

   Synonymsdivine right

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Questions about divine right of kings

What does divine right of kings mean?

divine right of kings means "the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst of political crimes".

What is another word for divine right of kings?

Close synonyms include divine right. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is divine right of kings a common word?

divine right of kings is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.